Meeting with altar servers from France, Pope Leo XIV laments the country’s lack of priests and upholds the ministry of young people at the altar, saying the dignity of their service helps lead people into the sacred greatness of the Mystery.| Catholic Outlook
Human beings are made in God’s images, certainly, but the whole world also images in its own way the beauty and the love of God.| Catholic Outlook
The Parish of Baulkham Hills will celebrate its first-ever Community Fete on Sunday, 21 September 2025, at the grounds of Saint Michael’s Primary School, Baulkham Hills.| Catholic Outlook
On a quiet evening lit with the spirit of reflection and dialogue, faithful people from across the Diocese of Parramatta gathered – physically and virtually – to listen to Dr Nora Nonterah, a lay Catholic woman and theologian from Ghana. As part of the Bishop Vincent Presents series held at St Patrick’s Cathedral Hall, Dr Nonterah’s public lecture, “Listening to the Wisdom of Women: A Conversation about Discipleship, Leadership and Synodality,” offered not only a unique Africa...| Catholic Outlook
Around 20 adults from across Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains have been blessed and commissioned by Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta, ahead of their overseas pilgrimage as part of the Jubilee Year of Hope.| Catholic Outlook
Priests in the Diocese of Parramatta have walked beside us through life’s greatest moments, celebrating baptisms and weddings, and offering comfort in times of sickness and loss. With your prayers and support of the Bishop’s Father’s Day Appeal, run by the Clergy Support Foundation, you can help ensure these priests and other clergy continue to receive safe housing, quality healthcare and daily care.| Catholic Outlook
Let us – clergy and laity alike – actively pray and work all year long to promote and protect the life and dignity of every baby – born and unborn!| Catholic Outlook
Pope Leo XIV receives Diane Foley alongside writer Colum McCann, with whom she co-authored a book recounting the events surrounding her son’s death and the profound human and spiritual journey she undertook—a painful path of love and a desire to understand, which even led her to meet one of her son’s killers.| Catholic Outlook
During the July school holidays, the Office for Worship held its first-ever Children’s Sacred Music Workshop—a one-day event designed to introduce young voices to the beauty and tradition of sacred music.| Catholic Outlook
Pope Leo meets Catholic legislators and urges them to build a world rooted in justice, conscience, and love of God.| Catholic Outlook
The opening of the new home represents not only a new chapter for the community in Parramatta but also a reaffirmation of L’Arche’s mission to create places of belonging, dignity and shared humanity.| Catholic Outlook
This year’s event was a true community celebration – supported by the community, for the community. Hosted by Baabayn Aboriginal Corporation and Holy Family Parish, in collaboration with Blacktown City Council, Catholic Care Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains, and the Diocese of Parramatta, the day brought together people from all walks of life to celebrate culture, build relationships, and share resources.| Catholic Outlook
God’s love for the poor and isolated, which we see in Jesus’ life and mission, invites us all to notice and to attend to people who are homeless and suffer from mental illness. Our Church should be a house of hospitality and relief.| Catholic Outlook
It is with profound sadness that I share with you the news of the passing of Greg Whitby, former Executive Director of Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta. After a week of being hospitalised, he died peacefully in the company of his wife Sue and loved ones on Saturday, August 30th, 2025, aged 73.| Catholic Outlook
We are supposed to pray not only for the people we’re intimate with, and the people we spend time with, but for the people whose paths happen to cross briefly with ours, and the people whose names we do not know.| Catholic Outlook
For couples navigating the lonely and often challenging road of infertility, our Mission Enhancement Team (MET) hosts a series of events, introducing a compassionate, faith-aligned, and scientifically grounded approach to reproductive healthcare.| Catholic Outlook
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Deacon Adrian Gomez is passionate about working with young people, helping them in their formation as Catholics, and especially as leaders in their faith. But he has another string to his bow – that of a Navy Chaplain - which at first glance looks to be very different from his work in youth ministry, but as he discovered actually has a lot of similarities.| Catholic Outlook
